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James v. Cerebras Systems copyright case

Brought by

James

v.

Defendants

Proposed class action alleging Cerebras trained language models on datasets containing pirated books.

The case

Court
US District Court, Northern District of California
Docket
4:25-cv-09361
Filed
Oct 30, 2025
Status
Active

History

4 dated entries
HearingSep 2 · 68d agoMinute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Robert M. Illman: Discovery Hearing held on 9/1/2026Source
OrderSep 2 · 68d agoOrder by Magistrate Judge Robert M. Illman: Upon consideration of the parties Joint Letter Brief 84, and for the reasons stated on the record, it is ORDERED that the letter brief iSource
OrderAug 13 · 88d agoOrder granting in part 79 Request for Status ConferencesSource
FilingOct 30, 2025 · 12mo agoComplaint filed: James v. Cerebras Systems Inc.Source
CopyrightActiveDec 14 · in 35dDow Jones sued v. PerplexityThe Wall Street Journal and New York Post publishers say Perplexity copies their articles to answer questions.Telephone conferenceS.D. N.Y.filed Oct 2024CopyrightActiveUnverifiedDec 17 · in 38dCarreyrou sued v. Anthropic PBCSued for copyright infringement.Motion to dismiss hearingN.D. Cal.filed Dec 2025CopyrightActiveJan 12, 2027 · in 64dJamendo sued v. NVIDIAJamendo alleges NVIDIA used its music catalog to train audio AI models without permission.Initial case management conferenceN.D. Cal.filed Jun 2026CopyrightActiveJul 26, 2027 · in 9moHendrix sued v. AppleAuthors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson allege Apple trained its OpenELM and Apple Intelligence models on pirated books from the Books3 dataset; later consolidated with Martinez-Conde and Alexander v. Apple.Further case management conferenceN.D. Cal.filed Sep 2025CopyrightActiveAug 31, 2027 · in 10moGetty Images sued v. Stability AI (N.D. Cal.)Getty refiled its US copyright and trademark claims over Stable Diffusion training in California after its Delaware case stalled on jurisdiction.Dispositive motion hearingN.D. Cal.filed Aug 2025CopyrightActiveUnverifiedfiled Oct 2026Dow Jones & Company, Inc. sued v. Bradstreet & Company, Inc.Sued for copyright infringement.S.D. OhioCopyrightActiveUnverifiedfiled Oct 2026Elsevier Inc. sued v. Meta Platforms, Inc.Sued for copyright infringement.N.D. Cal.CopyrightActivefiled Sep 2026UMG Recordings sued v. Suno (II)A second label suit against Suno covering about 60,000 additional works, filed parallel to the original 2024 case.D. Mass.
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